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Health Care Policy in the United States


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Medicaid and the Costs of Federalism, 1984-1992

Medicaid and the Costs of Federalism, 1984-1992

1st Edition

By Jean Donovan Gilman
June 30, 2020

Rapid growth in health care expenditures has plagued America since 1965 when Congress first created medicare (health care insurance for the elderly) and medicaid (health care assistance for the poor). This study looks into developments since....

Gender Justice and the Health Care System

Gender Justice and the Health Care System

1st Edition

By Karen L. Baird
January 16, 2019

This book focuses on gender justice and the health care system. It will be divided into two parts. In Part One, a framework of gender justice will be developed. What is gender justice? What would a gender just public policy look like? What criteria should such policies meet? In Part Two, the ...

Health Care Reform Policy Innovations at the State Level in the United States

Health Care Reform: Policy Innovations at the State Level in the United States

1st Edition

By Larry E. Carter
January 16, 2019

First published in 1998. The result of five years of research, this is the final volume in the 6-volume set titled Health Care Policy in the United States. The purpose of this book is to examine the response by American states to the growing demand for health care reform. It seeks to answer the ...

Can Efficiency and Community Service Be Symbiotic? A Longitudinal Analysis of not-for-profit and for-profit Hospitals in the United States

Can Efficiency and Community Service Be Symbiotic?: A Longitudinal Analysis of not-for-profit and for-profit Hospitals in the United States

1st Edition

By Sharyn Potter
August 24, 2016

In recent years researchers have asserted that the once-salient distinctions between not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals are quickly eroding. These converging outcomes represent a striking departure from past differences. Historically, not-for-profit hospitals were larger and treated a higher...

Families and Their Health Care after Homelessness Opportunities for Improving Access

Families and Their Health Care after Homelessness: Opportunities for Improving Access

1st Edition

By Lisa M. Duchon
August 04, 2016

First published in 1999. This book focuses on the health and health care use of families after they have left the shelter system, with the first three chapters dedicated to a review of relevant literature. The research is based on self-reported data collected during a follow up study of 543 poor ...

Telemedicine in Hospitals Issues in Implementation

Telemedicine in Hospitals: Issues in Implementation

1st Edition

By Sherry Emery
October 17, 1998

This book looks at the history and development of telemedicine and its effect on the medical profession. It includes advances in telecommunications and medical technologies that greatly have increased the reliability, resolution, and speed of transmitting medical images, changes that are have been ...

Medicare Politics Exploring the Roles of Media Coverage, Political Information, and Political Participation

Medicare Politics: Exploring the Roles of Media Coverage, Political Information, and Political Participation

1st Edition

By Felicia Mebane
November 10, 2000

Medicare Politics examines how media coverage, political information, and political participation affect Medicare policy choices. This book is an excellent reference for political science literature concerning the impact of media, the roles of political information with respect to public opinion, ...

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